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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Northwestern was one of a select few schools to hold the Moody’s Aaa rating, but the downgrade to Aa1 reflects continuing financial pressure for the University.

Ratings agency downgrades Northwestern’s credit rating

October 14, 2019

A credit rating agency last week downgraded its opinion of Northwestern’s financial health, marking a bump in the road to achieving a balanced budget. Moody’s, a Big Three rating agency, stripped...

Northwestern to cap Employee Portable Tuition Plan benefits for current employees, eliminate for next year’s hires

October 1, 2019

Northwestern’s Employee Portable Tuition Plan — which pays benefits for employees toward the cost of tuition and fees for courses at other universities — lowered the cap from $12,000 to $5,250 for...

Pamela Beemer, Northwestern’s vice president for human resources and chief human resource officer. Beemer will step down from the position at the end of August, and University officials have begun a search for her replacement.

Northwestern begins search for next vice president of human resources and chief human resources officer

July 28, 2019

Northwestern has launched a search committee to find the University’s next vice president for human resources and chief human resource officer, according to a Wednesday news release. The committee,...

Rebecca Crown Center. A volatile market and deficit spending left the University’s endowment with less money than last year.

Broad ‘endowment’ tax could be more costly for Northwestern than anticipated

July 10, 2019

A tax on wealthy private universities could go after more of Northwestern’s income than previously thought. Proposed regulations for the so-called “endowment tax” seek to enact a levy on a number...

The Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center, a new Northwestern facility opening in June. With the addition of SQBRC, the Office for Sponsored Research’s workload will only grow.

Amidst backlog woes, research office increases staff, though concerns remain

May 31, 2019

In April, Provost Jonathan Holloway and Craig Johnson, senior vice president for business and finance, responded to a growing chorus of concerns from faculty about a research backlog taking place in Northwestern’s...

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